Civilisation, order and leadership

Question 1

Finish the quote: “The boy…”

Answer 1

“The boy with fair hair”

Question 2

Analyse the quote “The boy with fair hair”

Answer 2

-capitalist ideas
⁃Ralph’s link to civilisation, order and democracy and how he is painted as the ideal boy but later falls

Question 3

Finish the quote: “You only get them in…”

Answer 3

“You only get them in big countries like Africa or India”

Question 4

Analyse the quote:”You only get them in big countries like Africa or India”

Answer 4

-fear taught towards foreign countries which fuels fear of the unknown
⁃tribalistic connotations

“You couldn’t have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size,”

Question 5

Finish the quote: “Jack _______ the _______”

Answer 5

“jack seized the conch”

Question 6

Analyse the quote: “Jack seized the conch” chapter 2

Answer 6

-foreshadows the power shift oncoming
⁃Jack forcibly takes power and the aspect of civilisation that Ralph brought on the Island in the sense of snatching the conch

Question 7

Finish the quote: “Ralph’s new _____________ and happiness. He had to wave ________________ him”

Answer 7

“Ralph’s new authority brought light and happiness. He had to wave the conch before he could make them hear him”

Question 8

Quotes on Piggy and civilisation:

Answer 8

“He held the conch under his arm”
“Grown ups know things”
“Ralph remember what we came for- the fire my specs”

Question 9

Finish the quote: “Hands were ________________ sun”

Answer 9

“Hands were reaching for the conch in light of the setting sun”

Question 10

Analyse the quote: “Hands were reaching for the conch in light of the setting sun” chapter 5

Answer 10

-The sun could represent something unattainable like power received by the conch
⁃power is something desired by all but not all can have it just as only specific boys are collectively seen as leaders

Question 11

extra quotes:

Answer 11

“Rogers arm was conditioned by a civilisation who knew nothing of him and was in ruins”

“He held the shell up instead and showed it to them and they understood”

Question 12

Finish the quote: “We don’t need the conch anymore…”

Answer 12

“We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things”

Question 13

Analyse the quote: “We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things”

Answer 13

abandonment of order and civilisation and introducing of dictatorship

Question 14

Finish and analyse the quote: “Jack led _____________ across the bridge” chapter 6

Answer 14

“Jack led the way down the rock and across the bridge”

foreshadowing the abandonment of Ralph’s authority to follow Jacks

Question 15

Finish and analyse the quote: “He held the conch _______________ his index finger”

Answer 15

“He held the conch with one hand and stabbed the air with his index finger”

-clinging onto power (jack’s hamartia?)
⁃internal conflict of humans
⁃evil and civilisation can co exist

Question 16

Finish and analyse the quote: “From his __________ Piggy’s ____ glasses”

Answer 16

“From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses”

-Jack thinks he holds the power but it is actually broken
-left hand is religiously sometimes seen as weaker and lesser than the dominant right hand just as piggy is viewed to be a second class citizen amongst the boys

Question 17

Finish and analyse the quote: “the conch ______________ and ceased to exist”

Answer 17

“the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”

-has always been an abstract concept the boys give power to
⁃broken like the boys sense of civilisation

Question 18

Finish and analyse the quote: “_______ disguised”

Answer 18

“he came disguised”

throughout the book jack constantly tells the boys what they want to hear to remain in control of them so his real personality is always hidden behind a facade